US SB399 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Pending: Senate Budget Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 5 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Pending: Senate Budget Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2015 This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise the budgetary treatment of federal loans and loan guarantees to account for them on a fair value basis. Under a fair value approach, costs are measured using market rates rather than the lower Treasury interest rates currently used. Estimates for loan guarantees and direct loans in the President's budget are required to include a risk component that reflects the impact of using a fair value estimate to account for market risk. The President's budget is also required to include agency-by-agency estimates without the risk component. A risk component must be included in estimates used for requirements under current law that appropriations be provided in advance for the costs of new direct loans, loan guarantees, or modifications that increase costs. The bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to permit adjustments to discretionary spending limits for this Act. The bill also changes the budgetary treatment of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac). Agency budget justification materials are required to be posted on the public website of the agency on the same day the materials are submitted to Congress.
Title
Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2015
Sponsors
Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE] | Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2015-02-05 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. |
Same As/Similar To
HB119 (Related) 2015-01-06 - Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
Subjects
Accounting and auditing
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/399/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s399/BILLS-114s399is.pdf |